OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
The innovative therapeutical program and its newest user interface module includes several groundbreaking modifications through which parent and child explore stunning 3-D landscapes and solve challenging emotional and interpersonal scenarios.(A) includes several groundbreaking modifications through which parent and child explore stunning 3-D landscapes and solve challenging emotional and interpersonal scenarios
Incorrect.
This answer choice is grammatically incorrect. The plural subject The innovative therapeutical program and its newest user interface module does not agree with the singular verb includes.
What helps you identify this question as a Subject Verb Agreement question and detect this mistake is the following Stop Sign:
A plural subject made up of singular nouns connected by and
(B) include several groundbreaking modifications enabling both parent and child to explore stunning 3-D landscapes and to solve challenging emotional and interpersonal scenarios
This answer choice corrects the grammatical mistake committed in the original sentence by correctly pairing the plural subject The innovative therapeutical program and its newest user interface module with the plural verb include.
What helps you identify this question as a Subject Verb Agreement question and detect this mistake is the following Stop Sign:
A plural subject made up of singular nouns connected by and
(C) include several groundbreaking modifications through which parent and child explore stunning 3-D landscapes and solves challenging emotional and interpersonal scenarios
Incorrect.
Although this answer choice corrects the original Subject Verb Agreement mistake, it creates a new one. The plural subject parent and child does not agree with the singular verb solves.
The following Stop Signs help us identify this question as a Subject Verb Agreement question and detect this mistake:
- A plural subject made up of singular nouns connected by and
- A long complex subject / long distance between subject and verb
(D) is a tool with which parent and child explore stunning 3-D landscapes and solve challenging emotional and interpersonal scenarios, using the groundbreaking modifications included
Incorrect.
This answer repeats the original mistake. The plural subject the innovative therapeutical program and its newest user interface module does not agree with the singular verb is.(E) are groundbreaking modifications through which parent and child explore stunning 3-D landscapes and solve challenging emotional and interpersonal scenarios
Incorrect.
Although it corrects the original Subject Verb Agreement mistake, this answer choice changes the meaning of the original sentence and creates an illogical sentence. The program and its user-interface are not groundbreaking modifications; they include groundbreaking modifications. A modification is a small change to the program or interface...it cannot be the program or interface itself. _________________